Alghalayini

MEMORANDUM

Mona A. Alghalayini, an ethnic Palestinian and citizen of Israel, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility finding, Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1274 (9th Cir.2007), de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and reconsider. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petitions for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination because of the multiple inconsistencies within Alghalayini’s testimony, original asylum application, and amended asylum applications. See Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.2007). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s decision to reject Alghalayini’s explanations for the inconsistencies. See Rivera, 508 F.3d at 1275 . In the absence…